This special issue aims at exploring the new movement of standardization with demonstrating emerging issues and the outlook on standardization. In the surge of the global networking, standardization draws attentions from both scholars and practitioners. Standardization, which helps to cope with growing complexity in the connected world, is one of the most critical vehicles to realize sustainable societies with the growth of business ecosystems and markets. By disentangling and streamlining the intricate fabric of the academic and practical debates of standardization in the circumstances, this special issue proposes the outlook on standardization with showing emerging issues and perspectives. This special issue will not only help the academic understanding of the strategies/policies relevant to standardization but also encourage the practical examination of related challenges.
